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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-04-22

EANCY NEW VIRGINIA HONEY, in lib
L packages just received at
oct2o McBUREEY's.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
Irish AEfairs.

DUBLIN. Jan. 6.-The Express (Tory)
publishes the statement that Mr.. Pamell
intends to move vote of censure in the
house of commons against the government
for its conduct towards the WoodforG lem
ants, who were yesterday sentenced to long
terms OF Imprisonment ts.r resisting election
from the Clanricarde es;atcs.
Archbishop Walsh c0ntrad!cts the recent
dispatch from Rome stating hat the pope
had requested him not to support esle Ma
t'Onal rent movement, but the injunction
had been dsregartied.
DUBLIN, Jan. G.-Unlted Ireland pre-
nounces the sentences against the Wood
ford tenants barbarous. 1t says:
Ii the judges dctum is correct then no.
liGemen are merely sheritfs' balliffs md
should be dependent upon the emergency
commis lrat for their supplies.
The Freeman's journal says:
The Irish executive is now Il: this dilemma.
1t must either accept Juupe Palles' law and
abandon Gen. Sir RedverS Buffers pucitc
policy, which has been defended by the Mar
gus OF Londonderry, the lord lieutenant, or
adhere to the latter.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach and Gen. Sir
RedyerS Buffers will both be examined as
witnesses tomorrow i'll the hearing of the
conspiracy case against Messrs Dillon.
y Bren, Redmond Harris. Chilly and
Sheehey. The National commenting on
the brutality of the sentences of the Wood
lord prisoners, says:
Justice can be done to Ireland ONLY in de-
lance of the law. Injustice is embodied in
the irish statute boon. Heartlessness is en-
throned on tle bench, while justice, beneYo-
fence and CHARITY languis.1 in prison.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
THE MATTER OF PASSES

Gov. MCGILL, in his inaugural address.
declares against the acceptance of free
passes by legislators and other state Off
Gals. Those who see in this statement of
the governors new born hostility to the
railroads and point triumphantly to it as
refutation of the accusation that he was
hand-ingIove With the railway managers.
should stop to reflect whether, after all. it
is not simply further indication of
the exceeding favor with, which the
governor has been supposed to regard these
corporations. The granting of free passes
Is necessarily money out of the railroad
treasury. At this season of the year, with
the rigor of the Northwestern winter eli
mate undiminished, it is impossible to walk
any great distance. People must ride or
stay at home and it is not to be presumed
that when the state pays the expenses
many officials will hesitate to do the
necessary travelling. Such being the
case were it not for the giving out of a
great number of free passes. the railroads
would be much enriched from the states
eXchequer. Gov. MCGILL. therefore, will
do the roads much service should he bring
about an abolition Of the pass system. and
will certainly be fully entitled to the cuur-
tesy of the ANIMALS which they doubtless
have been considerable enough ere this to
place upon his desk.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
MRS. LoGAN,s PENSION

The senate of the United States did a
graceful thing yesterday when it unan-
mously passed bill granting Mrs. LOGAN
pension of 50. 600 year. Senator LOGAN
devoted great portion of his life to the in
terests of the soldiers of the late war.
Earnest in their behalf, untiring in his
efforts, he secured for many crippled vet
Grams the pensions which they deserved and
which would otherwise have been lost to
them. Gen. LOGAN never entered claim in
his own behalf. Notwithstanding it was a
well-knOwn fact that the disease which
eventually caused his death was contracted
while in the service of his country. A man
whose devotion to public affairs prevented
his engaging in ordinary business pursuits.
and whose conspicuous honesty prevented
the requirement of wealth by the methods
too well known to many legislators. the
greatest honor that could be done his mem
Dry is contained in the simple statement.
HE died poor man." The most prOmi-
nent representative of the volunteer SOL
diery. it is fitting tribute to it that this
government should make recognition of his
services by granting this pension to his
widow. Its action will be approved by the
people, and is just refutation of the decla-
rations that republics are ungrateful.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
RAILWAY COMMISSIONS.

A correspondent who does not have full
faith in Gov. MCGILL'S anti-mOn0poly eX-
presSIons suggests that the governors de-
sire to retain the railway commission feat
IRE of the law betrays bis identity with the
railway interests. The GLOBE is not dis
posed to doubt the governors sincerity and
is perfectly willing to give his adminiStra-
ton fair trial. But we have heretofore
shown, III a discussion of the respective
merits OF the CULLoM and REAGAN bills,
that the creation of railway commission
is the desire of the railway managers.
Their policy is to fight all legislation in
tendec to regulate railway management
until they are driven to the wall, and then
they invariably turn up with proposition
to create railway commission. which is
generally accepted in the nature of COM
promise 1t was once said by an eminent
patriot that he didn't care who made the
laws of a country as long as he composed
the ballads. The railway companies do
not care who make the laws as long as they
can control the appointment of the railway
commissioners. We differ with Gov. Nc
GILL in the statement that the commits
sioner system ha been found to be the
safest. That it is the most ge neral we
concede. That is because the railway influ-
ence has always been powerful enough to
secure it. But the history of these boards
of commissioners in other states is fiat
contradiction to their claim of effectiveness,
In most cases they have made just as much
prgress IN controlling the movements of the
heavenly bodies as they have of the rail
roads. A lamentable instance of how soon
man of the highest personal character will
surrender his independence when brought
under the seductive Influences Of corpo-
rate management is presented in the case Of
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS, the founder of
the commission system. Once there was
no man in the country more conspicuouSly
pledged to the support OF public interests
against corporate power, while now, as
president Of great railway company. he
advocates the policy Of bringing the nation
under the sway of a vast corporate fedora
ton. Gov. MCGILL'S theory of putting
able and incorruptble men on railway COM
missions is very pretty sentiment. but
after all, as a practical proposition, the
most powerful influences in forming a
mans convictions is the consciousness of
where his interest lies. Railway managers
are practical men. and ordinarily very good
judges of human nature They know the
inherent weak points of human character
and know how to play on them. 1t is not
a just superstition that railway commission
ers are bribed in the interest of railway cor
porations. AS rule they are men who
cannot be reached or even approached by a
direct offer Of bribery. But if their midi
vidual interests are in anyvse identified
with railroad affairs, they would not be
human beings il their judgments and con-
sciences were not governed accordingly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
THE CAUCUS NoMINATIoN.

he senatorial contest was brought to a
termination in the Republican caucus last
night by the unanimous nomination of ex-
Gov. CUsHMAN K. DAVIS. The nonina-
ton is equivalent to all election, and all
that remains to be done is formal notifica-
ton of the action of the caucus by the Re-
publican majority in the legislature In
point of ability Gov. DAVIS is the peer. if
not the superior, of any man prominent in his
party, and so far as his intellectual attain
ments are concerned, is vast improve
of this state have ever done in
the way of electing United States
senators. But the most significant fact
connected with his nomination is that he
more distinctly than any other Repub-
lican leader in this state represented the
protection OF high tariff idea When other
Republican speakers in the late canvass
were either protesting devotion to tariff re-
form or lodging the issue altogether, Gov.
DAVIS took his stand on the BLAINE plat
form and Staid there. Now that he has
been singled out as the unanimous choice of
the Republican caucus for senator only
demonstrates how little sincerity there
was in that plank of the Repub-
lcan state platform which declared
in favor of tariff reform. 1t was put
there, as the GLOBE stated at the time. for
the purpose of deceiving the voters of the
state into voting the Republican ticket. 1t
was the case over again Of the devil want
ing to be saint while he was sick, but
when he was well again devil a saint was
he." The Republicans were tariff reform
ers only during the election times. When
they had pulled through by tight squeeze
they were protectionists again. and now
they select the apostle of protection in Min
nesOta as their unanimous choice for SEN
ator. The people VIII make note of this
fact and will remember it when election
times come around again.
But viewing the situation solely from
personal standpoint. the GLOBE extends its
congratulations to the distinguished gentle
man who has been honored with his party's
nomination. and congratulates his party
that it didn't do worse. The city of st.
Paul has abundant reason for congratuIa-
tion in the prospect Of having two of its
most eminent citizens in the next congress.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
TEST NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The bills introduced by Mr.. DoNNELLY
yesterday prohibiting members of the legis-
lature from accepting free passes. and pro-
viding against the use OF money in cleo
lions, are possibly in response to a public
demand for legislation OF this character.
And yet it is a sad commentary on the
times when such legislation is deemed
to be necessary. There was time in the
history Of this country when no greater
personal insult could have been given to a
man in public station than to intimate that
he could be influenced by gift or bride.
1t was an insult which more than once was
wiped out with the lifeblOod of the offender.
There was time when public officials
sense Of self-reSpect would not permit his
integrity to be questioned. But now. alas.
we have fallen upon degenerate times. when
il is thought necessary, in defense Of the
public interests, to require representative
of the people in the legislative branch of
the government to submit to the public
humiliation of making oath that he has not
been and will not be bribed before he takes
his seat. And yet it is doubtful whether
legislation of the character proposed will
avail anything. \ man who IS so utterly
devoid Of moral sense as to accept bride
in official life would not hesitate to commit
perjury. Test oath laws are always demon
aliZing in their tendencies. They stimulate
rather than restrict corruption.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
REDUCING THE SURPLUS.

A recent writer in the North American
Review suggests that as the surplus is con-
tinually piling up in the treasury and as
the revenue is undiminished, that the
surplus should be decreased at once. To
this not a single dissenting voice will be
given. but as to the means he proposes for
wipng out the surplus there will be far
from the same concord of opinion. His
idea is that the general government should
establish manual training schools through
out the country, patterned after the public
school system, and that each child, on arriv-
ing at given age, should be thus provided
with certain means Of earning a livelihood
The scheme, while exposed to other glazing
defects, is too comprehensive to be practi-
cal. 1t might do well enough in the large
cities, although even there the pos
sibility of successfully combining in
dustrial and mental training with the ac-
complishment of the best results in each
direction may be doubted, but in the more
sparsely settled districts in the country it
would be we'll nigh impossible to success
fully carry out the proposed plan. 1t is the
people outside of the large cities who pay
the bulk of the general taxes and it would
be unfair that they should pay for the es-
Establishment of system of education
whose benefits they could not enjoy. The
only equitable and practicable method of
preventing an accumulation of money in
the treasury, beyond the needs of the gov
eminent, is by reduction of taxation. 1t
is unbusiness-lIke and most unwise states
manship that there should be collected from
the people every month SO, 900. 600 more
than the expenses of the govern ment. ana
the people have right to expect that such
state of affairs should cease. A reduction
of taxation would benefit all proportionally
alike 1t should be insisted upon by the
people, and congress should listen to the
demand. The continued accumulation of
money is dangerous in the extreme,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
English ..O,itics.

LONDON, Jan. 6.-Right Hon. Edward
Stanhope, at present colonial secretary, has
accepted the Office of secretary for war.
Lord Iddesleigh has not yet decided to ac-
cept the suggestion to relinquish the for
eign secretaryship in favor of Lord Sails
bury. If Lord Iddesleigh decides to resign
the office he will probably take Mr.. Stan
hopes place as colonial secretary. The
Marquis OF Lansdowne's declnation of the
office proffered by the Marquis of Salisbury,
has been received by the latter.
1t is expected that Lord Salisbury will
make no further effort to complete his cabi-
net with Wings, but will fill the vacant Of
fees with Conservatives. The Conserva-
tive council, of Liverpool, has invited Mr..
Goschen to contest the vacant parliament
tary seat in that city, and it is thought he
will consent.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
AN EX-CONVICT'S CALL.
PRESIDENT Cleveland Visited by a Man
Whom he Had Released From the
Penltentiary.
Inc Senate Passes the Bill Granting Mrs
Logan Pension of $4,000
Year.
urther Discussion Had of the Meas.
ure to Regulate Interstate
Commerce..
pally to Canals and the Naval
Question.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.-The president
received call to-day from a young man
whom he had recently pardoned from the
penitentiary. When the president saw his
card he Immediately recognized the name
and directed that the visitor be shown in.
The young man said he lived some distance
from Washington. but had come here in
order to personally thank the president for
restoring him to liberty and to his family,
and also to assure him that in the future
his conduct would convince the president
that his clemency had not been misapplied.
The president treated the visitor very
kindly, and, after inquirng into his past
lite and future prospects. advised him to go
TO work and make himself useful citizen.
adding that it is not too late to reform, and
that there is plenty of room for him in the
world.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

Three gaunt, grim wolves that hunt for men,
Three gaunt, grim wolves there be-;
And on is Hunger and one is Sin,
And one is Misery.
I sit and think till my heart is sore.
While the wolf or the wind keeps shaking the
door,
Or peers at his prey through the window pane
Till his ravenous eyes burn into my BRAIN
Aud ] cry to myself, s'If the wolf be sin.
He shall not come in-he shall not come in:
But if the wolf be Hunger or Woe,
He will come to all men, whether or nor'
Far out in the twilight, stern and grim.
A destiny weaves mans life for him
As the spider weaves his web for flies;
And the three grim wolves. Sin, Hunger and
Woe,
A man must fight them, whether or no,
Though oft in the struggle the fighter dies.
Tonight cry to God for bread.
Tomorrow night 1 shall be d, adj.
For the fancIes are strange and scarcely
sane
That fit like spectres through my brain;
And dream of the times long, long ago.
When knew not Sin, and Hunger, and Woe.
There are three wolves that hunt for men.
And l have met the three;
And one is Hunger, and one is Sin,
And one is Misery;
Three pairs OF eyes at the window pane
Are burned and branded into my brain,
Like signal lights at sea.
Francis iFGerryairfield in Boston Globe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
Rlaine,s Nomination.

To the Editor Of the Globe
The death OF Gen. Logan. it is said, removes
one OF the most powerful opponents Blaine
had for the denomination in 1885, His friends
insist that the way is now clear for the
"Plumed Knight and that he will be surelv
nominated. If the Republ leans are satisfied
with him, surely the Democrats have no right
TO OBJECT we regard him rs one Of the very
weakest men the party can set I'D. His cam
palgn must De from the very beginning a de-
lenslVe one' Inc Mplligan letters will again
come up ana much C Cokedness, not hereto
fore brought out, will have to be cleared
away. He IS credited with a marniicent
campaign ana with making splendid race in
1854. Let us look at the figures In the last
campaign some placed the blame of faiIura
on Eiklns' who, according to MIR. Davenport,
has not capacity sufficient TO carry ON a
trampS boarding house." Blame thonrht
that the other members of the national com
mlttee were about as able as Elkins rhe
dflouhe thougnt that his failure was due to the
TACT tnat more TribuneS were not distributed
They may fight il out among themselves bSt
now can they account for the enormous
shrinkage in the party vote?
In me small states of Nevada. Colorado
New hampshire and Rhode Island he main.
talned nlnSelf or made small cains In Coli
fornia the Alaska Fur compnnJr no,,,o ~ -;
relief with big campaign fnnd In oil oe
the Northern and Western states he lost vprv
| heavily. In fact, the figures are so iInmane,
| that we are forced to the conclusion thar he
was the least popular candidate the conrIeno
ton could have chosen. it is Impossible TO
name prominent Republican who wonld
| nave Stampeded such an army of votae
LII limos, Logan's state. Raine's Dlurslitv
was 5000 less than Garfield's; in Iowa, the
home Of Allison, it was 10000 less than Gar
! teld's; In Kansas, $1,000 less, in NInssacb,,-
sets, $4,000 less; in Michigan, $4,000 less: in
Ohio. 23,OO0 less; in Pennsylvania Q 000 Iass.
| in Wisconsin, 20, OOO less '0'''
In eight Northern and banner Republican
states Blaine fell $4,000 behind Garfield
In Indiana, Connecticut and New jersey
be lost votes enough to lose all three. while
Carried carried two of them. In New York
blame lost the state, while Garfield carried II
by 2l,0O0 Now with this showing, if the Re-
! publi"ans will again place him IN the field
tney VIII deserve vote OF thanks from all
| VINO oes!re the success of the Democratic
party. We do not know who will be the Dem
ocratlc standard bearer in 1888, but this muc!,
do know-a man will be placed in nomins
sion ana elected over Blaine, or any oher per-
son the Republicans may put up to be
knocked over
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
and he thought that it had got along
pretty well. Now. however,

ana ne tnought that it had got along
pretty well. Now. however
THE ATTEMPT WAS MADE
to uproot the organization under which
everything creditable to the navy had thus
far been achieved. After the election of a
democratic president, or perhaps he ought
to quallfy that by saying. after the induc-
ton OF Democratic president into Office
under due forms of law and the appoint
ment OF Democratic secretary of the navy,
proposition was brought in with the in
dorsement OF the navy department for a
reorganization of the department But the
proposition was essentially different from
the pending measure, which had not re-
celved tie Endorsement of the department.
Descending to discussion of its details,
he severely criticized the features
which, he declared, would break
down the autonomy of the great
engineering bureau at the very hour when
the country was looking to it to place the
American navy in advance of the best
achievements of the world Mr.. McAdoo,
Of New York, favored the bill. The gem
tleman from Maine (Mr. Boutelle) had ex-
tolled the great achievements of the navy
during the war. He (Mr McAdoo) recog-
niZed the grandeur of those achievements,
but called attention to the great expense
which they had entailed upon the people of
the country. Had consolidation of the
bureaus been made in 1859, the same
achievements would have been performed
by the navy with greater efficiency and with
1ar less cost to the people. Pending further
debate the committee rose. MI Henderson.
of Iowa, introduced a bill authorizing the
construction of bridge across the Missis-
sppi river at Dubuque. Ia Referred The
house then adjourned.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07
THAT CONVERSATIONS.

Even if there is any truth in the rumored
alliance Of certain prominent newspapers
% defeat President CLEVELAND for a re-
nomination, which is doubtful, that fact
aeed not and probably does not occasion
the president any uneaSineSs. In the first
place, while the support of newspapers Of
prominence is desirable, their declared hos
tilitY, when founded upon purely arbitrary
grounds or for reasons of personal dislike.
is not likely to be very effective, particu-
larly when the purpose of the offensive
alliance is deliberately stated so far in adj
vance of the time when the purpose for
which it is supposed to be formed can be
effected. But there are still broader
grounds upon which to found the
suppOsition that such COM
bination would not disturb the presidents
complacency. President CLEVELAND
entered upon his official term with the in
tention of giving the people the best admin
istraton within his power TO accomplish.
1t was his intention to bring about the best
government possible to do what was right
according to his lights, and without any re-
gard for what the future might have in store
for him personally. Had he been influenced
by selfish considerations doubtless many of
his official acts would have been different,
would have displayed more policy and less
disregard of the advice of so-called prac-
teal politicians. if the country shows its
satisfaction with his administration by de-
manding his denomination he will receive it
despite the combination of any number OF
disgruntled newspapers. and if his contin-
nance in office is not so demanded President
CLEVELAND would be the last man to en-
gage in headIong scramble for the nomna-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-01-07

turning the rascals ont" rascals in this
case being but synonym for Republicans,
that fact should not deter Gov. CHURCH
from taking to heart the very excellent
advice given him by his chief There are
plenty of good men in Dakota, men who
can fill the territorial offices with credit and
ability, and who besides are earnest pro-
fessors, tried and true, of the Democratic
faith. But such men are not necessarily
to be found among the host of applicants
for Office. 1t is more apt TO be the case
that they who would best serve the people
are not to be found among those who most
loudly proclaim their own fitness for office.
Still the claims of those who do apply
should receive due consideration, and the
governor should. following the presidential
advice. proceed with elaboration. And as
a preliminary move, in order that he may
be unembarrassed i'll his efforts to give Da-
kota an administration OF the people, the
new governor should begin by making a
clean sweep of all the Republicans now
holding territorial offices.